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Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution

Title
Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution [electronic resource] / Sherry Johnson.
Author
Johnson, Sherry, 1949-
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 306 p.) : ill., maps.
Series Statement
Envisioning Cuba
Uniform Title
  • Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution (Online)
  • Envisioning Cuba.
Alternative Title
Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution (Online)
Subject
  • Climatic extremes > Social aspects > History > Cuba > 18th century
  • Climatic extremes > Political aspects > History > Cuba > 18th century
  • Disasters > Cuba > History > 18th century
  • Social change > Cuba > History > 18th century
  • Cuba > Climate > History > 18th century
  • Cuba > Politics and government > 18th century
  • Cuba > Social conditions > 18th century
  • Cuba > History > To 1810
  • Caribbean Area > History > To 1810
  • Latin America > History > To 1830
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Cursed by Nature -- Be Content with Things at Which Nature Almost Revolted -- It Appeared as If the World Were Ending -- The Violence Done to Our Interests -- In a Common Catastrophe All Men Should Be Brothers -- The Tomb That Is the Almendares River -- So Contrary to Sound Policy and Reason -- Appendix 1: A Chronology of Alternating Periods of Drought and Hurricanes in Cuba and the Greater Caribbean, Juxtaposed with Major Historical "Events," 1749-1800 -- Appendix 2: Sources for the Maps.
LCCN
2011033282
OCLC
ssj0000565256
Author
Johnson, Sherry, 1949-
Title
Climate and catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic world in the age of revolution [electronic resource] / Sherry Johnson.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Series
Envisioning Cuba
Envisioning Cuba.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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